115-Apartment Development at St Mary's Church, Maynooth

Application details

Planning reference

23494

Council

Kildare County Council

Proposal description

Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development on lands adjoining and to the rear of St Mary's Church at Mill Street, Maynooth, Co Kildare. The development will consist of the provision of 115no. apartments in 4no. separate blocks incorporating provision of a creche and restaurant/cafe, 1no. office unit and provision of a basement to provide for car parking, bicycle storage and ancillary bin storage areas. Particulars of the development provide as follows: (a) Replacement of 2no. existing vehicular entrances onto Mill Street with 1no. single access point onto Mill Street to incorporate the proposed vehicular entrance works along with associated pedestrian and cyclist connections onto Mill Street and associated works to provide for a bus stop and realignment of existing footpath in accordance with planned Part VIII works for this section of Mill Street. (b) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include levelling, excavation and general site preparation works. (c) Block A: A four-storey building comprising a creche and restaurant/cafe at ground floor level and upper floors incorporating 1no. office unit, provision of 7no. 1bed apartments and 10no. 2bed apartments with associated civic space fronting onto Mill Street and external play area to the rear to serve the creche. A basement will be provided under Block A for parking and bin storage. (d) Block B1: An apartment block ranging from three to five storeys comprising a total of 32no. residential apartments to consist of 6no. 1bed apartments, 19no. 2 bed apartments and 7no. 3 bed apartments. A basement will be provided under Block B1 which will incorporate an access ramp, parking and bin storage. (e) Block B2: A six storey apartment block comprising a total of 48no. residential apartments to consist of 13no. 1bed apartments and 35no. 2 bed apartments. (f) Block C: An apartment block ranging from four to five storeys comprising a total of 18no. residential apartments to consist of 1no. 1bed apartments, 13no. 2 bed apartments and 4no. 3bed apartments along with a ground level storage room for bicycles and bins. Block C will be raised on stilts with a flood storage area provided at ground level beneath this Block. (g) Provision of a basement car parking area to comprise a total of 74no. car parking spaces (incorporating infrastructure for electric vehicle charge points), along with bicycle storage and bin storage areas. (h) Provision of bicycle and bin storage facilities at surface level. (i) Provision of internal access roads and footpaths/cycle paths. (j) Provision of residential communal open space areas (including formal play areas) to include internal walkway along the Lyreen River and pedestrian bridges within the site and including all associated landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments. (k) Provision of an ESB substation adjacent to Block B1. (i) Associated site works and attenuation systems to include a hydrocarbon and silt inceptor to facilitate site drainage as well as all ancillary site development/construction works with provision of a foul pump station and internal foul, storm and water networks for connection to the existing foul, storm and public water networks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application.

Location / address

Lands adjoining and to the rear of St Mary's Church, Mill Street, Maynooth

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

10 May 2023

Council status

Conditional

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

4 Jul 2023

Final grant date

19 Dec 2023

Appeal lodged

27 Jul 2023

Appeal decision

Withdrawn

Appeal decision date

12 Dec 2023